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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2007

Open Access 01-11-2007 | Introduction

Language Barriers in Health Care

Authors: Somnath Saha, MD, MPH, Alicia Fernandez, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Special Issue 2/2007

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Excerpt

Imagine yourself in a place far from home. Perhaps you are visiting China’s beautiful Yunnan Province. You are in a small town, preparing to tour a region many claim to be the fabled Shangri-La. You have had a bit of a cough for a few days, but yesterday you began feeling decidedly unwell. You feel feverish, cold, weak, light-headed. Your cough is getting worse, and you are now bringing up dark, yellowish sputum, and occasionally small amounts of blood. You feel out of breath going up just 1 flight of stairs. The right side of your chest aches with each cough. …
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Metadata
Title
Language Barriers in Health Care
Authors
Somnath Saha, MD, MPH
Alicia Fernandez, MD
Publication date
01-11-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue Special Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0373-3

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